Attention
'Absolute attention is prayer.'
Over lunch I was reading Alan Bradley's 'A red herring without mustard' and the main character, Flavia, said something similar:
Thinking and prayer are much the same thing… Prayer goes up and thought comes down—or so it seems. As far as I can tell, that’s the only difference.My own thoughts switched between the food, the book, and the window. It was a nice meal of chicken roulade I was having while outside the skies were drab for two o’clock. It didn't take long before rain fell.
Back to the book, now dessert. A few bites and pages after, my head turned again to the window. The rain stopped, but I squinted at the grounds, checking for traces of water.
There appeared to be none and before I could even spot a mirage, my view gradually shone yellow.
It was the first time nature made me smile the way a human being does—slowly, unexpectedly.
It was the first time I caught myself smiling.
Update (September 2, 2014):
I came across Phillip…
Over lunch I was reading Alan Bradley's 'A red herring without mustard' and the main character, Flavia, said something similar:
Thinking and prayer are much the same thing… Prayer goes up and thought comes down—or so it seems. As far as I can tell, that’s the only difference.My own thoughts switched between the food, the book, and the window. It was a nice meal of chicken roulade I was having while outside the skies were drab for two o’clock. It didn't take long before rain fell.
Back to the book, now dessert. A few bites and pages after, my head turned again to the window. The rain stopped, but I squinted at the grounds, checking for traces of water.
There appeared to be none and before I could even spot a mirage, my view gradually shone yellow.
It was the first time nature made me smile the way a human being does—slowly, unexpectedly.
It was the first time I caught myself smiling.
Update (September 2, 2014):
I came across Phillip…